Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Oh to be a Fly on the Wall

Jack Straw and Harriet Harman are having lunch together at a corner table in the Members dining room of the House of Commons as we speak. Are they planning a "men in grey suits" moment or is it a Granita moment?!

Probably a more prosaic explanation - that Jack Straw, after his cock-up about saying kids carrying knives would do time, when they plainly are not going to, even if caught.. - is asking Harriet for advice on 'damage limitation' after her 'stab-proof' vest debacle..

dunno ....but if Straw sticks the final knife in the Goon, and gets to be the stand-in Prime minister until the next elections , (when he will stand down... not a snowflakes chance in hell of winning).......... he will have significantly increased his porcine pension pot, and after dinner speakers fee charges ..... an utter snout fest.!

Probably begging Harperson to keep her large gob shut until after the Glasgow East By Election.....Let us not forget her announcement of discrimination against white males on the day of the Henley By Election!!!!!!!.....

"This is a complete non story. She's even more unelectable than Kinnock. Not even labour will foist another unelected, useless PM on us."Er.........there's never a dire situation that could not be made worse!

Someone somewhere is talking up Harriet as a possible replacement for Gordon. The possible conspirators are many and the reasons are also just as complicated not all in her or Labour's favour. But then again in the present frebile atmosphere within the Labour Party who can you trust ?

I challenge you to deny that neither you nor Guido nor anyone within the Labour Party - not even her mother (assuming she wasn't cloned from Dolly the sheep) believes that Ms Harperson is a satisfactory Minister, never mind would be a likely PM.

Though some commenters have sought to rubbish your article, Iain, the PoliticsHome expert panel is strongly of the opinion that Harman is positioning herself to take over (perhaps as caretaker leader) from Gordon B, presumably in the expectation of an imminent need to have someone ready and prepared...

I have today written an article on Alan Collins's site on the whole subject of where Labour go next, prompted by (and touching on) the news on Harman. Might be worth a read.